Handwriting Expert Sheila Lowe

With more than 35 years experience in the field of handwriting, Sheila Lowe has been qualified as a handwriting expert in the California Court system since 1985. She holds a bachelor's degree in psychology and was certified by the American Handwriting Analysis Foundation (AHAF) in 1981, as well as the Society of Handwriting Analysts in 1985. She is an active member of the National Association of Document Examiners.

University of California, Riverside Extension Campus
Introduction to Forensic Handwriting Examination
October 22-24, 2010 (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
Instructor: Sheila Lowe

This three-day course offers an introduction to the examination and comparison of handwriting for the purpose of determining identity or authenticity of documents. Topics include how to obtain handwriting samples, what equipment is needed, and how to qualify for courtroom testimony. Using examples from real life cases, students learn to recognize disguised and simulated handwriting, cut and paste, and other types of forgery. Students will also explore areas of document examination such as writing instruments and the detection of obliterated, erased or altered documents and indented writings.

Although the course is offered as part of the UCR Crime Scene Investigation certificate program, non-participants of the program are also welcome to register.

Who should take the course? Anyone interested in forensic handwriting examination, including law enforcement, private investigators, document examiners, etc.

Instructor Sheila Lowe has been court-qualified as a handwriting expert since 1985.

For more information: sheila@sheilalowe.com or contact the University directly:

Linda Coco, Program Representative
Science, Law & Health Programs
UCR Extension
1200 University Ave. #336
Riverside, CA 92507
951-827-5804
Linda.Coco@ucr.edu
www.extension.ucr.edu

Sheila's handwriting analysis practice covers a wide spectrum, from personality evaluation to handwriting authentication, to lecturing, teaching, and writing about handwriting. She has a clientele that includes a variety of business and industry types, as well as the legal, medical, and mental health fields. Based in the United States (California), she serves clients around the world. Sheila Lowe & Associates is the "write choice" for employers interested in:

• human resource management
• integrity screening
• sales force building
• drawing crowds to their booths at trade shows and conventions

Private investigators retain Sheila Lowe & Associates in cases of anonymous notes, harrassment, and screening of surrogate parents/adoptive parents, as well as in employment or other types of background checks.

Criminal Investigators rely on Sheila Lowe, where she calls on her forensic graphology skills to help identify red flags for dangerous behavior. Individuals entering a business or personal relationship learn how to get along better with their partners by understanding their motives, needs, and feelings through compatibility guidance. When working with therapists who practice marriage and relationship counseling, Sheila is able to offer a deeper level of understanding where problems lie in a relationship, faster than some more traditional testing methods. In a related area, using handwriting therapy ("graphotherapy") exercises, Sheila works with those who wish to make life changes through personality modification. These exercises, along with written affirmations and special music, help clients to change undesirable behaviors by becoming more organized, more relaxed, or to work through difficulties that continue to plague them from past events.

Who are "the Associates"?

A carefully selected group of certified handwriting and mental health professionals who are called in on a consulting basis for special assignments.